Tag: Jordan Peele

Get Out Movie is sheer genius. It is all because of the concept it entails and its remarkable execution. It puts in you a genuine feeling of horror and keeps you riveted throughout. That’s its biggest strength. That and the amazing story that it carries.

Jordan Peele marks his debut as director in style with a flick that will have you jumping on your seat. It is a breathtaking joyride that is abounding with ingenious revelations, and as you watch on and the threads untangle there is a sense of complacent satisfaction you get in the end that is beyond compare.

Plot Summary of Get Out Movie

Daniel Kaluuya plays Chris Washington who is being invited by Rose Armitage, his white girlfriend, played by Allison Williams to her parents. The otherwise appearing normal family which constitutes of Catherine Keener as Rose’s Mom, and Bradley Whitford as Dad and Caleb Landry Jones as Rose’s brother Jeremy seem to be layering up lies. It becomes obvious to Chris when he talks to the black groundskeeper Walter and housekeeper Georgina that they are all hiding something. Chris goes on to unveil it and then ending up getting trapped into the great horrifying mystery of the Armitages.

Horror Feel

Get Out movie gives you the chills in a weird way. And no it isn’t a ghastly chill that coats around ghost elements. But instead it packs in some genuine horror in the form of its secret. A secret that would pop your eyes open just like it did for Chris. It builds up on it, its secret as people turn to gaze at Chris, or stop talking when they realize he is out of the scene. You hear your heart skip a beat when you see all the strange happenings. The way he is treated will have you scratching your head for a while until, of course, when the slow revelation begins to happen.

A mind is a terrible thing to waste.

Everything has been beautifully done, and Jordan Peele makes sure there is plenty of sub-plots left to unfurl. Each of them have been aptly timed. And when you see them reach its revealing end you realize and come to appreciate the genius of Jordan Peele.

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The Sunken Place (Spoilers Ahead)

If you haven’t watched Get Out movie yet, it would be advisable to stop right here. Because what I am about to discuss will give away the nub of the entire story.

Get Out is beautifully balanced over the concept of hypnotism. While it breaks the general stereotypes people have in mind about hypnotism with an apt sarcasm coming from Chris, it aggrandizes hypnosis altogether by showing its real power. And it is a nightmare for those who consider hypnosis to be a mere meditative game.

We all go through that feeling of being trapped inside our body but what if that happens literally? Jordan milks that concept by presenting us The Sunken Place. A place inside our very own body where we are no longer in control. It is projected in the form of eternal darkness where we end up levitating losing ourselves. All we could do is see but what follows after ends up appearing like a dream.

It is the Sunken place that swallows Chris away as he falls inside his body, a concept that is so beautifully depicted that you can’t help but brood about it for hours. It is also very poetic if you look at it. As if you are shrinking from within and you have been eaten away by yourself. Like your soul has gone dormant and you have become a mere robot for the world to see. Don’t you get that feeling sometimes?

Other Points

It is hard not to notice how uncontrived things are deliberately kept. Get Out tags a realistic feel to it which is extraordinarily amplified by the characters the movie retain. They have all acted brilliantly keeping things as casual as they are supposed to be in the beginning.

You were one of my favorites.

Even at the time of the major outbreak when things begin to crumble and fall, the actors stack up a realistic feel to it. You become thoroughly engrossed and begin to relate with the protagonist. Watching him flutter and flee is hands down one of the most gratifying feeling you get.

By the time the movie reaches its culmination point it banks on some gore that we could have certainly lived without. Some might argue that the level of villainy the antagonists bring to the table is something that deserves an end like that. However the gore even though really satisfying to watch was an unnecessary inclusion. But then again it all depends on people’s taste.

Then the movie also kind of escalates by the end. You don’t expect it to pace up so quickly towards the finish line. The editing is great but the subtle concept ends up not being exploited enough.

Then there is the apparent demarcation it brings by thickening the line of black and white. It exploits that line too by pointing out all the good things the black have and are capable of that the whites want. That they are only rooting for them because of self-interest. Even though the concept is an intellectual thought it comes from the womb of a despicable issue that should die down with time.

The Final Verdict

Get Out movie is a beautifully written horror flick that chugs forward with the help of its astounding concept. It banks on some gore too. But all of it is so satisfactory to watch that you can’t applaud Jordan Peele enough to have thought something so inventive and original in the first place.

It is an intelligible and well crafted mystery movie that should not be missed for the world.

Storks movie is high on slapstick humour, chucklesome one-liners and an intelligently thought of oscillating story line. Even though Storks is like a constant roadrunner of a movie, which raises question about its editing, it still manages to rake you in with its primal theme – Baby! Isn’t that a winning idea per se?

The Concept of Storks

Well, this one is an old one actually. The notion “storks deliver babies” finds its roots deep in European folklore. The fanciful imagination of how Storks would listen to crooning new parents thereby tending to their wants, has found new angles every now and then. Not long ago, in the year 2009 we were served a beautiful short called “Partly Cloudy” by Pixar which had briefly yet amiably touched that very area. Now, with Warner Bros. Animation bringing back the idea to a fully-fledged version in the form of a movie, the concept literally brims alive.

Plot of the Storks Movie (Spoilers Ahead)

Storks have put an end to their baby delivering business. Cornerstone, their company has now moved on to a much profitable business of providing postal services. Headed under the aegis of Hunter (voiced by Kelsey Grammer), the visionary is about to promote Junior (voiced by Andy Samberg), the top deliverer of Cornerstone, to the position of ‘Boss’. However, he requires him to fire a girl named Tulip (voiced by Katie Crown), who was Cornerstone’s last undelivered baby. Tulip is trying her best to fit in the lifestyle of Storks, but unfortunately she is an epitome of obliteration, and Hunter wants him gone.

Meanwhile at Earth, a kid is trying his best to catch his busy parents’s attention. The ignored head Nate (Anton Starkman) is keen on having a baby brother so that he could have someone to play with. He writes a letter (or did an adult write that? :P) that gets delivered to Cornerstone. In a series of accidental chaotic events, where Junior is trying to get rid of Tulip, the old baby delivering machine becomes functional with that letter and a baby is produced. Boy, is she the cutest thing?

What follows is one hell of a roller-coaster ride, with Junior trying to deliver the baby to its rightful address alongside Tulip, before anyone in the Cornerstone knows about it.

Humour

Storks movie packs in humour aplenty. The non-stop fun comedy will not let you settle down a bit. It is constantly trying to tickle you, sometimes too hard, sometimes effortlessly. The fact that the movie is so much reflective of our day to day work makes things even more relatable. That’s primarily why you laugh hard too.

In their little adventure to deliver the baby, Tulip and Junior come across an insane wolf pack that can take the shape of anything from a bridge to a boat to a submarine. It is hands down one of the funniest bits in the movie. Alpha Wolf and Beta Wolf are voiced by none other than Key and Peele themselves.

Also, the part where an army of silent Penguins tries to attack the lead characters making sure that the baby doesn’t wake up, will have you in fits of laughter. Pigeon Toady voiced by Stephen Kramer Glickman is one psychotic angle to the tale that blends in a little perversion with fun.

The movie also tries to do a little mockery of how the advent of baby in one’s life changes so many things for parents. It goes on to show that insane cuteness comes at a price!

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Issues with the flick

One apparent downside that vexes you a bit is how Storks literally gallops. It is a constant run of frames that doesn’t stop even for a second to breathe. At times it tries its level best to pass on even average jests with its swift gait, so that you move on quickly to the next.

With no gravitas in its frames, the Storks movie fails to uplift the emotional quotient that the movie at one point tries to bank on. In that respect it stays miles away from the likes of Pixar. Everything stays scooched under 1 hour 27 minutes of screen-time, even though we could have really used a better editing.

The Final Verdict

Even though Storks movie fails to do a Pixar in matters of sentient stories, it entertains us nevertheless with its snappy slapstick humour. The collaboration resuscitates the old forgotten lore that tries to celebrate lost stories. Even with its fun standpoint, we do get a comical entertainer in the end, and that’s what really matters.

If you wish to watch a whole load of cute, cuddlesome and Awwwwws, Storks is just the movie for you.